webfact Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thailand Moves to Ban Torture and Abduction. Activists Aren’t Ready to Celebrate.By Pravit RojanaphrukSenior Staff WriterProtesters staged a rally at Chiang Mai City Hall in April 2014 urging a swift investigation into disappearance of Karen activist Porlachee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen.BANGKOK — The human rights community today signaled cautious optimism about the interim cabinet’s move to criminalize torture and enforced disappearance by public officials in Thailand.Endorsing the bill nine years after its adoption was first urged, the cabinet’s resolution said the law would “enhance the effectiveness” of existing laws and serve “to raise human rights protection in Thailand to the same par with the international standard,” according to an unofficial translation.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1464264492&typecate=06§ion= -- Khaosod English 2016-05-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thailand - where dildos are illegal but abduction and torture is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestburypark Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Really, where's the fun in that? Some things here are so far beyond comprehension, by all means make torture and abduction illegal, get into the eighteenth century Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docshock13 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Really, where's the fun in that? Some things here are so far beyond comprehension, by all means make torture and abduction illegal, get into the eighteenth century Thailand. Still have a few centuries to go, I fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Really, where's the fun in that? Some things here are so far beyond comprehension, by all means make torture and abduction illegal, get into the eighteenth century Thailand. Still have a few centuries to go, I fear.Abductions and torture by government officials doesn't happen in Thailand. The officials don't get their hands dirty with this. Also, many laws are made in Thailand yet, rarely get enforced for long unless someone catches it in vdo and shares it with the world. So why bother to make this a law? And how do you enforce a law when it is the law enforcers who commit the act itself? I'm not saying it actually happens, as I have never seen it. But, what if heheee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thailand moves to ban, and we can imagine at what speed they will move ! The Latin phrase Ad Festina Lente ( To Make Haste Slowly ) should be the national motto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 The ""abduction and enforced disappearance of people by public officials in Thailand "" will be made illegal. So what about the invitation you can not refuse followed by a dash of "AA" for a week or a month, will that fall under the new laws? ok ok sorry my bad, just taking the p*ss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plutojames88 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) There it is again. Words. Not just ordinary words But carefully selected to create the illusion . Look at today's words brought to you by the ruling NCPO . "Enhance the effectiveness" That implies they are boosting up an already effective measure. The press releases are designed to the say its "" unfair "" when a red card appears. If only words had currency anymore. Thailand has recently been described as promises being worthless when human rights are concerned. So we will see , (as predicted by some ) many snippets like this. Unfortunately , buying time was all they needed to fish for new markets. They recently have done this. The slaves will continue . Torture will continue. As for international standards sure its dubious to enter the fray on that one. We have seen detainees in orange jump suits over the years. However even AA in Thailand is a form of torture if you want to be precise. Fear and detainment for opinion is wrong and a form of torture. LM crosses many lines as ambassadors have pointed out. The world would rather see elections and the majority rule. But if not . At least stop the BS here . We know what's going on. We understand It's plain wrong. Edited May 27, 2016 by Plutojames88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Good, so now we can sue the government for snatching us of the streets for an AA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Thailand Moves to Ban Torture and Abduction ...but in the wrong direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 "Thailand Moves to Ban Torture and Abduction." Should be" Thailand Moves to create the appearance of Banning Torture and Abduction. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 "... interim cabinet’s move to criminalize torture and enforced disappearance by public officials in Thailand." Now there's a great idea. Wonder why this hasn't been done already??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huangnon Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Thailand - where dildos are illegal but abduction and torture is not. The dildos that aren't running things here already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheard Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 "Endorsing the bill nine years after its adoption was first urged, the cabinet’s resolution said the law would “enhance the effectiveness” of existing laws and serve “to raise human rights protection in Thailand to the same par with the international standard,” according to an unofficial translation." Nine years to mull that one?? Hey, don't lets rush into this . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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